By Michael Grey* According to my calendar, this was written on World Peace Day, which could occasion a hollow laugh, but might be joyfully celebrated by a few folk who live “off-grid” and don’t get out much. It took place in the same week as the IMO’s annual World Maritime Day, which this year had, […]
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By Michael Grey* The doorbell rang just as I had taken a huge bite of my lunchtime sandwich. I opened the door to find a young man festooned in lanyards and wearing a T-shirt revealing himself to be an environmental activist. “Hi-how are you?” – he enquired, oblivious to a large sign adjacent to the
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By Michael Grey* A ship which can charitably be thought of in the autumn of her days. A cargo known to be problematical and with which there will be no second chances should things turn nasty. Two life rafts and two survivors out of a crew of 24 after the vessel horrifyingly took reportedly just
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By Michael Grey* Without delving too deep into any debates about gender, some of us are better than others at « multi-tasking ». But the arrival of hand-held, portable communication devices has led to us all, at some time, communicating, when our attention should have been upon something more urgent. It is why many governments now ban
L’Administration portuaire de Montréal (APM) confirme le lancement des travaux en eau sur le site de son projet d’expansion à Contrecœur. Conformément à la planification prévue, cette nouvelle étape marque le début officiel de cette importante phase de construction tout en clôturant les travaux préparatoires réalisés depuis l’automne 2025. Cette nouvelle phase constitue un jalon
L’Administration portuaire de Québec prend acte de la décision rendue aujourd’hui par l’Agence d’évaluation d’impact du Canada concernant la demande de désignation visant le projet de terminal de conteneurs dans le secteur de Beauport porté par QSL (Ce lien s’ouvrira dans une nouvelle fenêtre). À l’issue de son analyse, l’Agence confirme que l’Administration portuaire de Québec est l’autorité compétente pour encadrer l’évaluation environnementale conformément aux
Toronto — Fastfrate Group a acquis 100 % de Jardine Transport Group auprès de SeaFort Capital Inc. et de certains membres de l’équipe de direction de Jardine Transport Group. Jardine Transport Group comprend Jardine Transport, R.E.M. Transport, Gil Trucking, Quality Transportation et K&T Transport. Cette entente renforce davantage la position de Fastfrate Group en tant que l’un des principaux fournisseurs de services
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By Michael Grey* There is an open season on merchant mariners at present, and not in a nice way, with the warring parties around the Strait of Hormuz accompanying their confusing messages with a willingness to fire into innocent merchant ships in international waters. At least twenty seafarers have been killed in these incidents, which
By Michael Grey* On the occasion of last month’s “Day of the Seafarer”, I wonder how many of them felt properly appreciated. As members of a largely invisible workforce, in most of their home countries, it would be forgivable if this annual event was greeted with no more than a shrug. Even those trapped behind
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By Michael Grey* As this is being written, and if nothing more untoward occurs, the little expedition ship Hondius is due to arrive at Rotterdam after her grim encounter with the deadly Hantavirus on her latest cruise in Southern waters. The crew, who have been operating this ship in what appears to have been heroic